Comments Thread For: Kathy Duva: Unlike Hopkins, Ward Won't Go into Survival Mode

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

TOTOWA, N.J. From the moment Sergey Kovalev dropped Bernard Hopkins in the first round of their fight two years ago, Kathy Duva sensed from her front-row seat that Hopkins had gone into survival mode. Kovalev dominated Hopkins, then 49 years old, during their 12-round fight and left the aged legend ducking and dodging his way toward finishing their one-sided fight on his feet at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
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[SterlingStained]

its a thin line between spoiling fights, survival mode, and "boxing wizardry" (for the al haymon floyd crowd) aka fighting by not fighting.

ward has been better with spoiling fights aka boxing wizardry these last few years.

he doesnt spoil fights as often as he used to back in the day....

[Larry the boss]

Yea hopkins did go into survival mode

[turnedup]

This is going to be a nasty foul heavy fight. GUARANTEED.

[sbbigmike]

Survival mode I thought Hopkins was trying to get himself killed going out on his shield.....

[Weltschmerz]

Hopkins believed he could still take him but realized this wasn't the case. With Ward it's a different story and we'll see a very competitive fight.

[nycsmooth]

Ward by decision and IMO Hopkins is okay for his generation but I think from looking all the fighters I remember he never would have beat Ray Robinson, Monzon, Mike Spinks ,Bob Foster and I could go on...

[Edward90]

I think Kov punched harder than BHop anticipated and kind of went into survival mode, maybe thinking he could wear Kov out in the later rounds. However, Ward won't do that. He's not one to just give up rounds in hopes of wearing his opponent down. He usually wins rounds while he's trying to figure out his opponent. He won't have as great a luxury against Kov, but I do think he will have to engage a bit more... This fight is going to be crazy!

[Motorcity Cobra]

Wat a ****ty thing to say about the man who left Showtime and took less money to fight Kovalev than he would've made fighting Stevenson & put your fighter on the map. And saved you money in legal fees with your sham lawsuit against GYM, GBP, Al Haymon, & Showtime.

[JASON SHAW]

Kathys face has been in survival mode since she loves pumping botox.